Example sentences of "[conj] then [adv] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , nan and granddad can bring one lot up and my mum and dad can fetch a few bits and then just keep bringing bits back , I mean |
| 2 | Yes I have interviews and then just need to start well I need some moral interviews and then start . |
| 3 | Now suppose that income reaches OY 1 , and then again begins to fall . |
| 4 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 5 | She put her hand over its back and then slowly began to climb down . |
| 6 | During the early stages of acquisition , children establish an interactional matrix for language learning , and then slowly learn to utilize linguistic means for promoting interaction . |
| 7 | This is far better than opening a little airbrake , then some more , and then finally having to use full airbrake for the landing in order to avoid overshooting into the far boundary . |
| 8 | So the snake makes its deft , rapid lunge and then immediately withdraws to await results . |
| 9 | The whole notion of bed blocking seems to imply that older people enter hospital and then wilfully continue to occupy a bed which , in the views of staff , they no longer require . |
| 10 | The feeling for the good player who tends to have an aggravating fade with tee shots , is one of turning in the backswing and then almost trying to sit on the right foot until the moment of impact , the club getting there before the body unwinds . |
| 11 | Kelpie looked at.her with his bright beady eyes , and then suddenly began to chirp . |
| 12 | Once she had the confidence to walk outside , she would see the older children to the bus-stop and then perhaps go shopping or meet friends . |
| 13 | For the rest of the day he-would go into Inverness , take his spare clothes into a launderette and then perhaps try to find a public baths with hot showers . |
| 14 | They are classified into steady-state and collision margins and then further subdivided according to the nature of the crust on the interacting plates , the mode of plate interaction and the type of orogen or island arc formed . |
| 15 | It is as if Pynchon uses his earlier narrative as a pretext for setting up comic or futuristic episodes and then actually begins to deconstruct his text towards the end by separating out frozen images for comment . |
| 16 | Having flown away from the nest , the bird flutters to the ground and then pathetically tries to run away , limping and dragging one outstretched wing along the ground . |
| 17 | Similarly , why do courts discuss the inequality of bargaining power of the parties and the unreasonableness or unfairness of the terms of the contract and then sometimes refuse to enforce agreements on those grounds ? |
| 18 | Throughout the English curriculum and in the assessment process , teachers should enable all pupils , regardless of gender , ethnic or social group , first to reflect on their performance , and then actively to seek to adapt their language characteristics to situation and purpose . |
| 19 | 2.25:FERDIE Murphy 's Campsea-Ash looked an improved performer when chasing home Katabatic at Ascot , but then palpably failed to reproduce that effort when a distant third to Freeline Finishing at Chepstow . |
| 20 | ( iii ) I look forward to , but then usually fail to take much pleasure in , because ( a ) having reached it , there is no possibility of looking forward to it , and ( b ) it brings with it the prospect of ( i ) again . |
| 21 | Devlins Paddy did nothing special in his next three races but then suddenly seemed to get the hang of chasing over the barriers . |